From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 June 1844]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0520.2; Reel 1093
Summary:
Add to [ES's] enclosed letter, which ES will explain more fully at committee meeting next week.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Add to [ES's] enclosed letter, which ES will explain more fully at committee meeting next week.
Colonial governor at Ceylon will grant £150 annually for operation of magnetic observatory at Colombo, directed by Royal Artillery officers already there, if [R.S.L.] will supply instruments. Proposes seeking money for instruments from Wollaston Fund.
Appropriate use of Wollaston Fund for supporting research. Possible sources of instruments for new magnetic and meteorological observatory at St. John's, Newfoundland.